Professors have year to resign

FORT WORTH  Two Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professors must resign within a year because they refused to sign a Southern Baptist Conven-tion doctrinal statement.

Rick Johnson, 49, an Old Testament professor, and Jeph Holloway, 44, a professor of ethics, told administrators they could not in conscience sign the "Baptist Faith and Message," which was made more conservative with 1998 and 2000 amendments. The statement includes a ban on women as pastors and says that wives should "submit graciously" to their husbands.